Election Commission likely to announce dates of Gujarat assembly polls tomorrow

Gandhinagar/New Delhi:

The Election Commission of India may announce the much-awaited dates of Gujarat Assembly election tomorrow.

Chief Electoral Officer of Gujarat B B Swain today hold a meeting in capital Gandhinagar via video conferencing with all the district collectors cum election officers to collect various details about poll related issues.

He has also sent the report to the ECI.

It is understood that after going through the report, CEC A K Joti may announce the dates of Gujarat polls tomorrow in New Delhi. Joti had already made it clear that the polls would be held in December itself.

A source in the ECI said that the election like last time in all likelihood would be held in two phases.

The election process as clarifed by ECI in the past would be completed before December 18 the date of counting of votes for Himachal Pradesh assembly polls dates of which have already been announced.
The term of the current 13th assembly in Gujarat would be completed on January 22 next year.
Notably, election in Gujarat will be held with EVM’s fitted with VVPAT machines.

Desh Gujarat